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Bedford School has announced that 100% of their International Baccalaureate students have passed the diploma, with 58% of boys achieving either a 7 or a 6 (the equivalent of an A* or A) in their Higher Level subjects. 86% of boys achieved a 7, 6 or 5 in both their Higher Level and Standard Level subjects, with an average total points score of 34.6, exceeding the worldwide average. Sachin Chambers, Jason...

Laurence Pleuger Seventeen students from Bedford School have taken part in pioneering medical research that could help change the lives of children around the world. The pupils have been working with scientists from the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridge to help identify all of the genes in the Human Whipworm genome – a process known as annotation. Human Whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) is one of...

Bedford School has opened its new high-tech flight simulator. The simulator, opened by headmaster James Hodgson, can simulate 24 different types of aircraft and variants and will allow the RAF section of the CCF to practise their skills regardless of weather conditions. It was further enhanced with a purpose-built cockpit, with the kind help of the school's design and technology department and a...

A Sixth Form pupil at Bedford School has recently achieved two gold medals at the Munich Regatta. Connor Sheridan represented Great Britain at the event, with his coxless four team beating Poland by a boat’s length in the final, having qualified with the quickest time. His eights team also qualified fastest for the final the following day, securing a second gold medal. He now stands a chance of...

A footballer from Monmouth School for Boys has been crowned Newport County U15s Player of the Year. Midfielder Alex Grocott was presented with the award at the club’s development centre by Gavin Foxall, the club's operational chairman. A Newport County spokesman said: “Alex has developed and progressed into a very confident player, who is very skilful and has a fantastic attitude towards...

Monmouth School for Boys’ cricket team have recently been on a tour of Sri Lanka. The trip was the school’s first to the country since 1985, when a squad including former Glamorgan and England opener Steve James toured the island. The squad was drawn from last year’s U13 and U14 squads and achieved three wins in six matches. The tour began in the city of Kandy where Monmouth lost by 92 runs to...

Rugby players from Monmouth School for Boys were recently visited by a former pupil and top referee. The U18s met Wayne Barnes at the Rosslyn Park HSBC National Schools 7s tournament last week. The Old Monmothian holds the record for the most Aviva Premiership matches officiated and has also taken charge in three World Cups. He left Monmouth to study law at the University of East Anglia, which he...

Equestrians from Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools have qualified for two national finals. Bibi Zijlmans, Holly Thomas, Flora Macfarlane and Alice Garfield will be the first riders to represent the school when they compete at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in the team 90cm class in May. The quartet won their section in the National Schools Equestrian Association (NSEA) Show jumping qualifiers at Kings...

A Bedford School student has been selected to represent Wales at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Australia. Ethan Vernon was chosen to join the Welsh cycling track team and will compete in the individual pursuit, team pursuit and 1km races. After his selection was confirmed, Ethan said: “It has still not fully sunk in and won’t until I get there. My main aim this year is to break the world...

Hallam Amos presents a Wales jersey to Monmouth School for Boys’ captain of rugby, Alexi Webb, flanked by players from Monmouth School Boys’ Prep, Toby Crewe-Read (front left) and Harry Dawes A former pupil and current Welsh international rugby player made a surprise visit to Monmouth School for Boys yesterday. Hallam Amos returned to his old school on the eve of the Six Nations tournament to...